travel42 Hotel Review: The Cottages at the Boat Basin

The Cottages at the Boat Basin travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

A two-minute walk from Main Street and the ferry, this creatively designed community of pier-parked accommodations remains the quintessential Nantucket experience—a rustic cottage colony smack on the harbor with boats and brine right at the doorstep.

Borrowing more than a pinch of Pottery Barn's pastel and painted-pine personality, this fun but pricey property is less traditional and less sophisticated than its more complete sibling, The White Elephant. Its st...